Photos: Quakes kill 80 in China

Zhou Hongpeng, AP09.08.2012

In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, damaged cars are seen in Luozehe town, Yiliang County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing dozens of people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was preventing rescuers from reaching some outlying areas, and communications were disrupted.

Zhou Hongpeng
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Residents gather to spend a night in the open at the town square in Yiliang on September 8, 2012, after two quakes hit on the border of southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces an hour apart on September 7. At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China, the Xinhua news agency quoted the government as saying on September 8.STR
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Rescuers unload supplies at an emergency relief center in Yiliang on September 8, 2012, after two quakes hit on the border of southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces an hour apart on September 7. At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China, the Xinhua news agency quoted the government as saying on September 8.STR
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Rescuers unload supplies at an emergency relief center in Yiliang on September 8, 2012, after two quakes hit on the border of southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces an hour apart on September 7. At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China, the Xinhua news agency quoted the government as saying on September 8.STR
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A general view shows makeshift tents at an emergency relief center set up in the town square in Yiliang on September 8, 2012, after two quakes hit on the border of southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces an hour apart on September 7. At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China, the Xinhua news agency quoted the government as saying on September 8.STR
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Rescuers set up a tent at an emergency relief center in Yiliang on September 8, 2012, after two quakes hit on the border of southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces an hour apart on September 7. At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China, the Xinhua news agency quoted the government as saying on September 8.STR
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Residents rest by the makeshift tents (back) at an emergency relief center set up in the town square in Yiliang on September 8, 2012, after two quakes hit on the border of southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces an hour apart on September 7. At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China, the Xinhua news agency quoted the government as saying on September 8.STR
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People gather at a square following an earthquake in Zhaotong town, Yiliang County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides Friday in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China where damage was preventing rescues and communications were disrupted. At least 64 deaths have been reported.
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Injured residents rest in a makeshift medical tent after being attended to at an emergency relief center set up in the town square in Yiliang on September 8, 2012, after two quakes hit on the border of southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces an hour apart on September 7. At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China, the Xinhua news agency quoted the government as saying on September 8.STR
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In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, buses encoutner the rockfall triggered by an earthquake in Yiliang County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing at least 50 people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was preventing rescuers from reaching some outlying areas, and communications were disrupted.Zhang Guangyu
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A woman watches over her injured child on a bed in a hospital in Yiliang on September 8, 2012, after two quakes hit on the border of southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces an hour apart on September 7. At least 80 people were killed in the series of earthquakes that hit a remote and mountainous area of southwest China, the Xinhua news agency quoted the government as saying on September 8.STR
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